Check This Out

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From New Hampshire Public Radio and PEN/Faulkner, Check This Out is a fresh literary series where host Rachel Barenbaum dives deeply into the works of emerging and diverse authors.

  1. 2025-12-11

    Holiday Recommendations for winter reading

    Join us for recommendations from literary fiction to romance; new favorites that flew under the radar but are worth seeking out.

    50 min

  2. 2025-12-04

    Janet Rich Edwards & 'Canticle'

    A debut novel set in 13th century Bruges, a young woman’s exploration of faith, agency and love, with surprising resonance for today.

    50 min

  3. 2025-11-26

    Eliana Ramage & 'To the Moon and Back'

    We follow one young woman's obsessive quest to become the first Cherokee astronaut in this debut novel about family, ambition and belonging.

    50 min

  4. 2025-11-20

    Callie Hart & 'Brimstone'

    "Brimstone," the sequel to the worldwide phenomenon "Quicksilver," returns readers to the realm of Yvelia with with more drama, higher stakes, and deadly consequences.

    49 min

  5. 2025-11-13

    Quiara Allegria Hudes & 'The White Hot'

    The story of a runaway mother’s ten days of freedom—and the pain, desire, longing, and wonder we find on the messy road to enlightenment.

    49 min

  6. 2025-11-06

    Katie Yee & 'Maggie; Or, A Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar' plus Vanessa Lillie & 'The Bone Thief'

    The title sounds like the beginning of a joke, but it’s the end of a marriage and a cancer diagnosis, and a funny and hopeful debut novel by Katie Yee. Plus, native American archeologist Syd Walker is back in Vanessa Lillie’s “The Bone Thief.”

    50 min

  7. 2025-10-30

    Rickey Fayne & 'The Devil Three Times'

    A complex meditation on Black history set in West Tennessee, a family saga where the Devil plays a leading role.

    49 min

  8. 2025-10-23

    Addie E. Citchens & 'Dominion'

    A Black Southern family drama unfolds as the sins of a favorite son rock a small Mississippi town.

    49 min
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From New Hampshire Public Radio and PEN/Faulkner, Check This Out is a fresh literary series where host Rachel Barenbaum dives deeply into the works of emerging and diverse authors.

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  • Kanal
    NHPR
  • Skapad av
    New Hampshire Public Radio
  • Aktiva år
    2023 - 2025
  • Avsnitt
    34
  • Åldersgräns
    Barnvänligt
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